腰抜け

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腰	抜
こし Grade: S	ぬ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
腰拔け (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 腰 (koshi) +‎ 抜け (nuke, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 抜ける (nukeru)). From the phrase 腰が抜ける (koshi ga nukeru, “to be unable to stand up”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こしぬけ [kòshínúké] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) こしぬけ [kòshínúkéꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ɕinɯ̟ᵝke̞]

Noun

腰(こし)抜(ぬ)け • (koshinuke)

coward

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN